Lor woke up late that morning to the sound of her brothers arguing over who got to use the game system first. It took her a while to fall asleep last night because she kept thinking of Tino. She dragged herself out of bed and looked at the time. "Oh my gosh it's 11:00am! I should have met the guys an hour ago." She quickly washed up, got dressed, and ran out the door.
"Where's Lor?" Tino asked out loud. "I'm not sure. She has been acting peculiar lately," said Tish. "She's probably still doing her homework!" Carver exclaimed. "Carv…don't say it like she's stupid, because she's not," he said angrily. They were all silent until Lor came running towards them. "Lor where have you been?" they asked. "Sorry, I slept in," she explained. "Lor? Sleep in? Lor always wakes up early to take a morning run?" Tish thought. "Well, it doesn't matter now. Let's go to the mall already!" he whined impatiently. They headed towards the mall, and Lor was quiet the whole time.
When the reached the mall Tino was the first one to ask, "Where to first?" Carver voted for a Chug-A-Freeze. Tish suggested going to the bookstore. Tino wanted to go to the video game store. Lor chose the sport store to get her mind off of Tino, and to enjoy the weekend. "Let's go to the sport store first," Tino started "we never go there for Lor" "Okay," Tish and Carver agreed. "Thanks Tino" she said blushing slightly. Luckily, none of them seemed to notice. This is why she was crushing on him; he cared about her. She just wished she could know if he "like liked her."
They spent the whole day at the mall. They went to Tino's house to talk about tomorrow's plans. "Well my parents are taking my brother and sister and me to Niagara Falls" Carver said sadly. "I promised Mama that tomorrow I would stay home so she could teach me how to cook meals from the "old country." Tish sighed. "I guess it's just me and you tomorrow, Lor" Tino told her. Lor wished she could jump for joy. Tomorrow would be like a date. "How about in the morning we go to Funville?" Tino asked. "Yeah and in the afternoon we could go have pizza for dinner and then maybe a movie?" she suggested. "It's a date. We'll meet at my house tomorrow," he said. Lor hoped so.
When she left Tino's house she hurried to the mall to try to find something nice to wear other than her normal jeans and T-shirt. She searched and searched until finally, she found the perfect outfit and even a little makeup to go with it. She put the bright pink shopping bag in her sports bag so no one would suspect a thing.
As soon as she got home, she hid the bag in her room. Lor quickly ate her dinner and headed for bed. She did not want to sleep in this time.
